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Jäger, Henrike C. ; McKinley, Trevelyan J. ; Wood, James L. N. ; Pearce, Gareth P. ; Williamson, Susanna ; ... More +
Jäger, Henrike C. ; McKinley, Trevelyan J. ; Wood, James L. N. ; Pearce, Gareth P. ; Williamson, Susanna ; Strugnell, Benjamin ; Done, Stanley ; Habernoll, Henrike ; Palzer, Andreas ; Tucker, Alexander W. Less -
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A case-control investigation was undertaken to determine management and health related factors associated with pleurisy in slaughter pigs in England and Wales.

Methods

The British Pig Executive Pig Health Scheme database of abattoir pathology was used to identify 121 case (>10% prevalence of pleurisy on 3 or more assessment dates in the preceding 24 months) and 121 control units (≤5% prevalence of pleurisy on 3 or more assessment dates in the preceding 24 months). Farm data were collected by postal questionnaire. Data from respondents (70 cases and 51 controls) were analysed using simple logistic regression models with Bonferroni corrections. Limited multivariate analyses were also performed to check the robustness of the overall conclusions.

Results and Conclusions

Management factors associated with increased odds of pleurisy included no all-in all-out pig flow (OR 9.3, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.3–29), rearing of pigs with an age difference of >1 month in the same airspace (OR 6.5 [2.8–17]) and repeated mixing (OR 2.2 [1.4–3.8]) or moving (OR 2.2 [1.5–3.4]) of pigs during the rearing phase. Those associated with decreased odds of pleurisy included filling wean-to-finish or grower-to-finish systems with piglets from ≤3 sources (OR 0.18 [0.07–0.41]) compared to farrow-to-finish systems, cleaning and disinfecting of grower (ORs 0.28 [0.13–0.61] and 0.29 [0.13–0.61]) and finisher (ORs 0.24 [0.11–0.51] and 0.2 [0.09–0.44]) accommodation between groups, and extended down time of grower and finisher accommodation (OR 0.84 [0.75–0.93] and 0.86 [0.77–0.94] respectively for each additional day of downtime). This study demonstrated the value of national-level abattoir pathology data collection systems for case control analyses and generated guidance for on-farm interventions to help reduce the prevalence of pleurisy in slaughter pigs.


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Abattoirs
Animals
Case-Control Studies
Disease
Health
Pleurisy
Prevalence
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Swine
Swine Diseases
Weaning

Source:
PLoS One. 2012; 7(2).
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
England ; European Union ; Wales
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CDC Public Access
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